Crusaders v Chiefs
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@tim said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@bones Is there a difference between the mauling team driving through and growing to ground naturally (or the ball carrier going to ground), and the mauling team's non-ball-carriers pulling the maul down?
I reckon there should be, in situations like this one where red took it down to avoid a turnover.
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@kiwimurph said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
Haha why is Ta'avao still on the field?
How he became an AB is beyond me.
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@gt12 One of Steve Hansen's masterstrokes during the end of his tenure....
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@dice Was he ever a good scrummager?
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@bones said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@tim said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@bones Is there a difference between the mauling team driving through and growing to ground naturally (or the ball carrier going to ground), and the mauling team's non-ball-carriers pulling the maul down?
I reckon there should be, in situations like this one where red took it down to avoid a turnover.
I think the bigger problem is that the maul not going forward isn't called quickly enough.
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@african-monkey No.
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@african-monkey said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@dice Was he ever a good scrummager?
Thought there was a period there around 2019 where he was coming good.
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@african-monkey He was a lot better before the injury.
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@african-monkey He had his moments, but not at test level.
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@bones but thats always the case, and the benefit of being the attacking team, you control the maul.
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@anonymous or the maul going backwards is seen as ok.
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@tim said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@anonymous I hate the two-goes at going forward rule too. If you stop going forward why should you get another go?
You're only supposed to if it stops for less than 5 seconds the first time. I'm not entirely convinced that's how it is officiated in practice.
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@taniwharugby said in Crusaders v Chiefs:
@bones but thats always the case, and the benefit of being the attacking team, you control the maul.
How often do you hear a ref say a team has taken a maul down and not penalise them?
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@african-monkey Huge goof to take him instead of Karl T, forcing Ofa T to cover loosehead off the bench. Karl T missed most of Super Rugby with meningitis, but got back into good condition and was in huge form for North Harbour.
